Install OpenCart 2 on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Nginx and PHP-FPM

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install OpenCart 2 on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. OpenCart is an open source, feature rich, easy to use and search engine friendly PHP-based e-commerce solution. This guide should work on other Linux VPS

Install OpenCart 2

Open your browser, type the address and follow the installation wizard. During the installation process, you will be asked to provide the mysql database, username and password (enter the mysql database, username and password you created in the previous step) .

Enable SSL

After the installation is complete to enable SSL, login to the admin dashboard and go to System -> Settings -> Server Tab and select Use SSL and click save. You also need to make the following modification in the config.php file.

That’s it. You have successfully installed OpenCart 2 on your Ubuntu VPS. For more information about OpenCart 2, please refer to the OpenCart website.

Of course you don’t have to do any of this if you use one of our Linux VPS Hosting services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to setup this for you. They are available 24×7 and will take care of your request immediately.

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